Harvesters



AW'. R. Low & A. ADA-Ms..

HARVESTBRM Patented Feb.` 1, 18170.

from the platform as it falls or spring, so that the sheaves or bundles to form a. shock will all fall to the grouudftogether, thus saving i the labor of collecting the saine by hand.

'11, to which motion is communicated by au arm, fr, anti cranks t t.

The 4,vibrating hars F and It",

at iig. 3, detached, are made WILLIAM n. LoWaND AUGUSTUS trut iiiiwf ADAMS, vor SANDWICH, ILLINOIS.-

Letters Patent Ao. 99,451, dated February 1, 18'4f0'.Y

- :Memoir-namur IN HARVESTERS;

The schedina We, WILLIAM R. Low and AUGUsTUs ADAMS, of Sandwich, in the county of De Kalb, and State of Illinois, havei uven ted certain Im provementsin Harvesters, of which the following is a-'specificatiol1.

Our invention has for its object to raise the grainbefore the sicklcs, and deliver it upon a. reciving-table convenient to the bindors table, by means of several vibrating bars that are hung in an open platform7 and have an alternate, or walking motion, as hereafter described.

It has for its further object `a. novel binders table, constructed in au elliptical orsemicircular form, and hinged to the harvester-trame, and there is also hingedy to this biuders table a leaf or bundlereceptac-le, suffiu cicntiy capaciousto contain enough sheaves to make a shock, and which may be tilted by loosening a catch Description of theAccompang/ing Drawings. Figure 1 is a plan of the harvester. -1

Figure 2 is a. front elevation.

Figure -3 is a side vie'w of the elevating-bars.

Genera Description.

A is a wheel, which carries the frame B, from which an upright fratrie-werk, E, is huilt, on both sides of the wheel A. Extending from one side of this frame-work ,to .the other, and directly over the said wheel A is the grainreceivug table C.

The object of the followingdescribcd mechanism is' to convey the grain, as it-falls over the sickle-bar, to the said receiving-table O. v

Upon the under side of the drive-wheel A is carried a rag-wheel, a, around which passes the endless chain d, moving a second rag-wheel, b, which is carried by the shaft lr, said shaft k having: bearings upon the upright {rame-work E. l

The shaft k carries also two miti-cd cog-wheels e and f, of which the cog-wheel e meshes into a ,cog-\vheel, lr, communicating, through a crank and p itman, it',

xcferr'd to in these Lettera Patent und making pa'rt of the name.

lup ljust as the bars F motion to the sickles, and the oog-wheel f meshes into a cog-wheel, g, communicating, through a series of alternating cranks, U O', placed along its shaft p, an alternate or walking-motion to. the vibrating bars F The said vibrating hars F and F'are swung, at their receiving-table other and outer ends, to another series of corresponding cranks, Q (,2, placed along a corresponding s haft, from the sha-ft p,

one of which is shown of two picces, one lying I iorizontallyuandthe,otherlattaohcdfto the-end ofthe au angle such as will horizontalv piece, and raisedat elevate the grain to the desired'height.

Along their upper edges,A pegs or pins m, pointingjupward, which lserve to catch andhoid the grain from sliding, as mhe hereinafter i "more fully shown; l. Y

G is a grate,

f At its toppar l 4ject of this grate and guides is to prevent the'grain from falling, or'being blown back from the upright bar s as it is being elevated andcarried over upon the' 11'; ceiving-table C.

The platform of the harvester is' madeopen, and is composedof afname, D, that is lirmly attached to the iiameB, above described, and the ,vibrating bars E and F"and pieces J and J lheouter end of the plats form is supported upon the .small wheel-A'.

The operation of the above-described mechanism will b e as follows:

As the grain is cnt and thllsuponthe vibrating bars F', moving in the direction npou fig. 1, liitthe 4grain and carryit in of the said arrows, as'far as their motion tion continues, the of the cranks above described.

Meanwhile the alternatingsct of bars beneath in the opposite arethe ,bearin'gsof the several cranks 0 .held down by the springs S.

platform, the of the arrows' in that 'direcdirection,` and begins to ,come bcginto go down, so that the direction of the arrows." 4 The teeth'or pins m,above described, catchv into the grain and prevent its slipping.v

The streanof grain reaches the p'art of the platform which slants upward;v here it passes under the grate,

which, by means of the sprifIgslS, pressesit upon the bars F and F', which hereja so slant upward, as ahovc described.

O win'g to the' changeddrcction of the said bars, their action is now changedfrom a. horizontal to a lifting motion, and the stream of grain prevented from Y slipping bythe pins m, iselevatedalong up the slantin g portion of theplatform and under the pressinggnin: G, until, guided by the4 guidsltL'it iiows upon the C, ready; tothe binden-s hand, squarely amlevouly laid, andl in a goodcondition for binding..

' The binders table, which we will now proceed to die.- ncribe, consists of the pieces M, esting'on and fastened to the hars N, which are 'pivotcd to the upright frainre work E,"above described, so'thatthe whole table may be tnrnednp'in the mannerfshown at iig. 2, when it the vibratingr hais have Y t are the curved guides H.' lThe obthe direction" same being'measured bythe reach F is moving the pieces M. The whole, together, forms a. tpble.

The binder stands between this table andthe grainreceiving table C, his weight resting upon the foot- .board V.

When sufficient of the cut grain has fallen upon the receiving-'table C, itis seized and bound, end the bundle cust upon the tilting leaf T. y t

When :t sufficient number of bundles to form a. shock have been thus cast, the spring-cteh U is loosened, and the leaf T, heilig tilted by the weight of the bundles, allows the seme to drop 'to the ground together.

The table is supported in its horizontal position by lthe swinging braces Y, pivoted to the bars N, and bracing upon pins in the upright frame-Work E.

'We claim, as Ourm-'enton- 1. An open harvestei'fplatfbrm, consisting of the frame D, vibrating bars F and 11", and pieces J and J', constructed and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes described and shown.

- 2. The combination of the grate G, provided with springs S, with the vibmtin'gbnrs F l1", and pieces J J', operating substantially as described and sl1own,and constructed substantially as specified.

' 3. The binders table M M, having the bundle-receptacle T hinged thereto, in the manner described and for the purpose specified, and the whole being pivoted to the harvester to economize space, when desired, substantially `as specified.

WILLIAM R. LOW. AUGUSTUS ADAMS.

Witnesses:

H. S. HILLS, J onsv W. OAss. 

